{"id":1574,"date":"2025-07-07T12:24:33","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T06:54:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/federpath.com\/blog\/?p=1574"},"modified":"2025-11-14T15:57:36","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T10:27:36","slug":"uk-work-visa-consultants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/federpath.com\/blog\/uk-work-visa-consultants","title":{"rendered":"UK Immigration: What You NEED to Know?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Big changes are coming to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/browse\/visas-immigration\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>UK immigration<\/b><\/a>! Starting <b>July 22, 2025<\/b>, new rules will make it harder for some people to come to or stay in the UK. This is a &#8220;reset&#8221; by the government to control who comes in.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re planning to live or work in the UK, it&#8217;s super important to understand these updates.<\/p>\n<h3>1. <b>Skilled Worker Visa<\/b>: Higher Job &amp; Salary Rules<\/h3>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/federpath.com\/uk-work-visa-consultants-in-hyderabad\"><b>Skilled Worker visa<\/b><\/a>, which is for people coming to work in the UK, is getting tougher:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Higher Skill Level for Jobs<\/b>: Your job must now be at a <b>degree level (RQF 6)<\/b> or higher. Before, some A-level equivalent jobs qualified. This means about 180 types of jobs will no longer be eligible for this visa.<\/li>\n<li><b>Higher Minimum Salary<\/b>: The general salary you need to be paid is going up from \u00a338,700 to <b>\u00a341,700 per year<\/b>. If you have a PhD or are a &#8220;new entrant&#8221; (just starting your career), the minimums also increase. These new, higher salaries apply to both new applications and when you renew your visa.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Note:<\/b> Your job needs to be more skilled and pay more money to get this visa.<\/p>\n<h3>2. <a href=\"https:\/\/federpath.com\/index\"><b>Care Worker Visa<\/b><\/a> Closed for New Overseas Applicants<\/h3>\n<p>This is a big one: from <b>July 22, 2025<\/b>, the UK will <b>stop allowing new overseas applications<\/b> for <b>Care Worker<\/b> visas (SOC 6135 and 6136). This means UK care homes generally won&#8217;t be able to hire new care workers from outside the UK.<\/p>\n<p><b>Note:<\/b> If you&#8217;re a care worker outside the UK hoping to get a visa, you won&#8217;t be able to apply after this date. If you&#8217;re already in the UK as a care worker, there are temporary rules that might let you stay or extend your visa until July 2028.<\/p>\n<h3>3. No Family for Some Lower-Skilled Workers<\/h3>\n<p>If you get a work visa for a job that&#8217;s on a special &#8220;Temporary Shortage List&#8221; (these are jobs below the new degree-level requirement), you <b>won&#8217;t be able to bring your family (dependants)<\/b> with you from July 22, 2025. This is to help control the total number of people entering the UK.<\/p>\n<p><b>Note:<\/b> Some jobs won&#8217;t allow you to bring your family , contact <a href=\"https:\/\/federpath.com\/contact\">FederPath<\/a> to learn more.<\/p>\n<h3>4. EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) Gets a Bit Easier<\/h3>\n<p>Good news for some EU citizens! From <b>July 16, 2025<\/b>, the rules for getting <b>settled status<\/b> (permanent residency) under the <b>EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS)<\/b> are changing.<\/p>\n<p>Before, if you were out of the UK for too long, it could stop you from getting settled status. Now, if you have <b>pre-settled status<\/b>, you might get settled status if you&#8217;ve lived in the UK for at least <b>30 months total<\/b> in the last five years. These 30 months don&#8217;t need to be in a row!<\/p>\n<p><b>Note:<\/b> It&#8217;s now easier for some with pre-settled status to get permanent residency, even if they had some longer absences. Contact <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/feder_path_consultants\/\" rel=\"noopener\">FederPath<\/a> to learn more on this.<\/p>\n<h3>5. Other Important Things Coming Soon<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Higher Fees for Employers:<\/b> Later in 2025, the fee that employers pay to sponsor a skilled worker (called the <b>Immigration Skills Charge<\/b>) will increase by about 32%.<\/li>\n<li><b>Tougher English Tests:<\/b> Expect stricter <b>English language requirements<\/b> for many visa types later this year.<\/li>\n<li><b>New Family Visa Rules:<\/b> The government also plans to introduce a <b>new set of rules for family visas<\/b>, which could bring more changes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>What Should You Do Now?<\/h3>\n<p>These are big changes! It&#8217;s important to:<\/p>\n<ol start=\"1\">\n<li><b>Stay Informed:<\/b> Keep checking official UK government websites for the latest details.<\/li>\n<li><b>Act Fast (if you can):<\/b> If you&#8217;re planning to apply for a visa, especially a Skilled Worker or Care Worker visa, see if you can apply <i>before<\/i> July 22, 2025, to fall under the current rules.<\/li>\n<li><b>FederPath Advice:<\/b> UK immigration rules are tricky. Talk to an <b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Immigration Consultant<\/a> expert<\/b> to understand exactly how these changes affect you.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The UK&#8217;s immigration system is changing a lot. Knowing these new rules now will help you plan your future in the UK.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Big changes are coming to UK immigration! Starting July 22, 2025, new rules will make it harder for some people to come to or stay in the UK. This is a &#8220;reset&#8221; by the government to control who comes in. If you&#8217;re planning to live or work in the UK, it&#8217;s super important to understand &#8230; <a title=\"UK Immigration: What You NEED to Know?\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/federpath.com\/blog\/uk-work-visa-consultants\" aria-label=\"Read more about UK Immigration: What You NEED to Know?\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1575,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/federpath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/federpath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/federpath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/federpath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/federpath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1574"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/federpath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1574\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1628,"href":"https:\/\/federpath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1574\/revisions\/1628"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/federpath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/federpath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/federpath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/federpath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}